This Runner Trained Through Her Pregnancy Hoping To Qualify For The 2016 Olympics

In 2015, runner Sarah Brown was on track for a great season and possibly a spot in the 2016 Olympics.

Brown, 30, is a top American competitor in the 1,500-meter race. In May, she ran her fastest 1,500 and a lifetime best in the 800, The Cut reported.

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A season of training for Rio was in her sights. Then she discovered she was pregnant.

She explained on her blog in September that the pregnancy was a surprise.

Brown had been using a copper IUD, which is more than 99% effective in preventing pregnancy. She said that despite having felt like she had a specific and solid plan for the year to come, “life has bigger challenges and blessings in store for us…”

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She continued, “And as for the Olympic trials? You better believe I will still be training.”

And she did. Brown chronicled her training on her blog and Instagram.

The five-part ESPNW docuseries Run Mama Run also followed Brown through her third trimester of pregnancy.

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Her daughter, Abigail Ann, was born in March, smack in the middle of Brown’s training, the Today show reported.